We have our work cut out for us in the coming years. The threats to critical affordable and supportive housing programs that serve the poorest households and those with disabilities are real and significant. Become involved in planning the 2018 Congressional Reception!

NJCounts 2018

All twenty-one New Jersey Counties will be counting individuals and families who were homeless – both sheltered and un-sheltered - on the night of Tuesday, January 24, 2018.This annual census is conducted by networks of organizations, agencies and others that plan community efforts to end homelessness and is coordinated by Monarch Housing on the statewide level.

The goal of the second Annual Homeless Sabbath is to engage as many congregations of all faiths to include readings in their service(s) held on December 15th, 16th and 17th, 2017, at their respective house of worship. Click here to register online to participate.

Homeless Speak Out on Needs to Politicians

Huffington Post Features Video Interviews

As the national political conventions give us an opportunity to hear where the candidates stand on the issues that are important to us, Huffington Post blogger, Mark Horvath asked “Homeless People (to) Speak Out on What They Wanted from Politicians” for his August 29, 2012 post and video. He was initially surprised to find out from the homeless people that he informally posed that they do not vote.

They often feel powerless due to the fact that they have no choices left to make and that they are uninformed due to their lack of access to the internet and television – something that most of us take for granted.

The homeless people I talked to asked politicians to focus on everything from education to housing services to empowering young people.

“Education is extremely important,” one homeless woman, Katherine, said. “Don’t make it so hard to pay back loans. Don’t stomp on people for graduating college and put them in a no-paying job.”

Click here to see the responses Horvath got when he asked homeless people to talk about what they want from politicians.

Please save the date for this important event and opportunity to delve deeper into the issue of segregation. Registration for the May 16 event to be held at Seton Hall Law School in Newark will begin in early April.